Rene Descartes
By: Jasmine
Who is Rene Descartes?
Rene Descartes was the founder of modern age philosophy. He was born in 1596 in France. He studied at Jesuit College Le Fleche in Anjou, France. He had made some contritubutions to math. He contributed Analytic Geometry. He was only about 40 years old when he died from Pneunomia on a cold February night in 1650.
Contributions
As you can see, Descartes made many contributions to mathematics. As he states, "Each problem that i solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems"
Quotes
"Divide each dificulty into as many parts as is feassable and neccesary to resolve it." -Rene Descartes
Prizes
Rene Descartes did win any awards or special recognition.